Quran Cordoba - The first ten days of the month of Dzulhijjah are the most important days in a year. Allah SWT swores in it in the Qur'an:

*وَالْفَجْرِ (١) وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ (٢)* 

Meaning: "For the sake of dawn, and ten nights." _ (QS. Al-Fajr: 1-2)

Ibn Abbas Ra. Interpreting that what is meant by "ten nights" is the first ten days of the month of Dzulhijjah.

Rasulullah ﷺ said:

*مَا مِنْ أَيَّامٍ الْعَمَلُ الصَّالِحُ ف above 

Meaning: "There are no days where righteous deeds are more loved by God than these ten days." (HR. Bukhari)

✅ Practices recommended in 10 Early Dzulhijjah Month:

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1. Dhikr: multiply takbir, tahlil, and tahmid

Rasulullah ﷺ said:

*فَأَكْثِرُوا فِيهِنَّ مِنَ التَّهْلِيلِ وَالتَّكْبِيرِ وَالتَّحْمِيدِ** 

_ "Then multiply on those days tahlil, takbir, and tahmid." _ (HR. Ahmad)

2. Fasting 9 Early Days Dzulhijjah, Sunnah Mulnah in Arafat Fasting (9 Dzulhijjah)

Rasulullah ﷺ said:

*صِيَ present 

"Fasting Arafat Removes sins a year ago and a year to come." (HR. Muslim)

3. Tilawah Al-Qur'an

Rasulullah ﷺ said:

*خَيْرُ الذِّكْرِ قِرَاءَةُ الْقُرْآنِ* 

_ "The best dhikr is reading the Qur'an." _ (HR. Ibn Khuzaimah)

4. Alms and Sunnah Prayers

Allah SWT said:

*وَأَنْفِقُوا مِمَّا رَزَقْنَاكُمْ* 

_ "And spend some of what we have given you." _ (QS. Al-Baqarah: 254)

Rasulullah ﷺ said:

*مَا نَقَصَتْ صَدَقَةٌ مِنْ مَالٍ* 

"" Alms do not reduce wealth. "_ (HR. Muslim)

5. Sacrifice, slaughter animals on Eid holidays or Tasyrik Day

Allah SWT said: *فَصَلِّ لِرَبِّكَ وَانْحَرْ * 

_ "Then establish prayer because of your Lord; and sacrifice." _ (QS. Al-Kautsar: 2)

Rasulullah ﷺ said:

*مَنْ وَجَدَ سَعَةً فَلَمْ يُضَحِّ ، فَلَا يَقْرَبَنَّ مُصَلَّانَا** 

"Whoever has spaciousness but does not sacrifice, then he should not approach our prayer." _ (HR. Ibnu Majah)

6. Hajj for those who are capable

Rasulullah ﷺ said:

*الْعُمْرَةُ إِلَى الْعُمْرَةِ كَف de الْجَنَّةُ* 

_ "Umrah to the next Umrah is an eraser of sin between the two, and the hajj who is still there is no reply to him except heaven." _ (HR. Bukhari and Muslim)

7. Expand Istighfar and Repentance

Allah SWT said:

*وَتُوبُوا إِلَى اitor 

_ "And repent you all to God, O you who believe so you are lucky." _ (QS. An-Nur: 31)

Rasulullah ﷺ said:

*يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ ، تُوبُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ ، فَإِنِّي أَتُوبُ فِي الْيَوْمِ إِلَيْهِ 

"O people, repent to God, because I repent to Him in a hundred times a day." (HR. Muslim)

Let's take advantage of the first ten days of this Dhulhijjah month by increasing the righteous deeds, as a form of gratitude and worship to Allah SWT. May Allah accept our deeds and make us among the lucky people.

Also read: Miracle Number 10 in Surah Al-Kautsar: Art of the Expression of the meaning of ten dzulhijjah

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Prohibition of haircut and nails before sacrifice in the early 10 days of dhulhijjah

Explained from the book of Syarah An-Nawawi, from Umm Salamah that the Prophet had said:

سَمِعْت أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ تَقُولُ bor. عليه وسلمُ ذِى الْحِجَّةِ فَلاَ يَأْ ready

Meaning: "I hear the Umm Salamah Prophet's wife said: Rasulullah SAW . (Shahîh Muslim)

It means that if we have found the beginning of Dzulijjah and between us want to be sacrificial, then do not cut, touch the nails and hair attached to his entire body.

1. Dhâmir (pronoun) used in the sentence 'شَعْرِهِ' and 'أَظْفَارِهِ' is a single pronoun for the type of mudzakkar (male), namely the pronoun 'ه'. The letter 'ه' is a pronoun that returns to the owner of the sacrificial animal, not the sacrificial animal.

2. The point is that if we have found the beginning of Dzulijjah and between us want to be sacrificial, then never cut, touch the nails and hair attached to his entire body.

3. The benefits of the prohibition on cutting nails and hair for those who want to sacrifice are because they have many virtues. The scholars interpret that if God wants to forgive the sins of His servants from the tip of the hair to the tip of his nails.

4. There are some opinions among scholars, there are those who think that are prohibited that the hair and nails of the sacrificial animals, there is also the opinion of jumhur ulama, nails and hair of people who will be sacrificial.

For those who interpret the prohibition is to cut the nails and skin of the argument sacrificial animals is: The hadith of 'Aisyah that he led the necklace for the sacrifice of the Prophet. And after that does not stay away from what God is hared for the beginning of the 10 days of the month of Dzulhijjah (HR Nasai).

Meanwhile Islam recommends maintaining cleanliness. If the nails and human hair are time to be cleaned, then it does not have to be postponed for up to 10 days. In terms of animal psychology. He needs to be glorified before being slaughtered.

Whereas those who interpret the prohibition on cutting nails and shahibul qurban hair, the argument is: this is the domain of ta'abbudi (mahdhah worship), which must be followed for a granted (as is). Implementing it is a form of submission to religious orders.

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Another wisdom is that this prohibition has similarities with pilgrims who are berihram. According to the word of Allah SWT.

وَلَا تَحْلِقُوا رُ purpose

"Do not shave (hair) your head before the sacrificial animal arrives at the place of slaughtering" [QS. Al-Baqarah: 196].

والله أعلم بالصواب

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